Mascara De Adivino

The Kongo have produced numerous types of masks that perform different functions. Their masks are known for the sorcerers or Ngangas who carry them during divinatory rites, in healings and in ceremonies intended to expose the guilty of a crime. In this mask of sorcerer and soothsayer, as is common in this category of masks, the face is divided into two colors, the forehead painted red with tukula. The face painted in black. From the head comes a semicircular bump surrounded by feathers. And from this bulge to the ears bent nails. The presence of two colors is the symbol of the unification of two lands. The red color means life on earth with its triumphs and failures, its joys and its sorrows, strength, suffering, power and war. The black color of the face represents the misfortune, the undisclosed secrets, witchcraft, the presence of evil spirits against whom the mask with its conjurations seeks to alienate. The mask has its eyes open with an awakened expression. Time skate.